Collar-support.



QPATE'NTED APR. 28, 1908.

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To all whom it may concern:

.Be it known that LE 'nEL CHRISTIE, asubiipct of the King of England, and residin at aton Mansions, Eaton Square, Lon on, S. W., England, married woman, have invented a certain new and useful Collansupport, of and exact splecification, and for which I have a plied for I etters Patent inGreat Britain, hfi). 24,958 of 1906, dated November 6, 1906. This invention relates to improvements in the lace or similar 7 collars of blouses, shirt waists and the like garments.

It consists in hooking or otherwise detachably mounting the collar upon a frame which encircles the neck and from which it may be easily.detached, the frame whichserves to maintain the collar of the blo'use in an ex-- tended and uncrushed cOnditiOn being attachable to or upon any suitable blouse or the like garment.

The frame comprises one or more wire or other suitable hoo s or part rings arranged to encirc'lethe neck of the wearer and fitted at the ends with a fastening device, and

where mops than one hoop is employed distance pieces or similar connections may be used for maintaining the hoops apart. This frame is adapted to rest upon the lower part of the support.

of the neck of' he wearer or upon the top of the blouse and it is provided with vertical arms or upri hts carryin at top suitable connections or evices for etachably engaging and sup ortin the lace or other collar. The collar of the b ouse is thus secured upon the outside of this frame at various oints around over the neck of the blouse by any suitable means. The support made according to my invention may be put on independently of the blouse and the blouse thereafter attached to the support when the latter is on the neck thus my improved support is independent of the blouse and'does not depend upon the blouse or the collar for its maintenance or upholding.

The invention is hereafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in

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Figure 1 is a perspective view 0 of one form Fig. 2 is a similar view of a second form, and Fig. 3 is a view of a third form. Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modified form of upright arm. 1

The hook or encircling member a is provided-with a fastening device such as a snap I Specification of Letters Patent. I Application and November 2, 1907. Serial No. 400,383.

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be fitted and retained about the users neck. This member is fitted around its circumference with two or more upright or vertical arms 0 c furnished at or towards the top with connections to which the upper part of the lace collar, or loops or eyes uponthelatter, may be secured. In Fig. 1 the arms' 0 are shown fitted d. These fastening or anchoring oints affordedby the hooked arms 0 may e two or more in number and they are preferably arranged at equal distances a art around the hoop. In Fig. 1 four of t ese arms 0 are shown.

In another form of the invention the encircling member may be formed of spring wire and so shaped at the ends, see Fig. 2, that a hook from one extremity can be engaged with a corresponding hook or loop and the frame thus be held in the closed position by the expanding tendency of the spring instead of securing the facing ends together by means of a snap-catch.

It will be noted that the frame can be applied to any collar which is fitted with a cor responding means of engaging the same and may be employed upon any blouse which is provided with a collar, and that owing to the attachment of the collar to the vertical arms at anumber of places around the contour of the collar the latter is held up and revented from being crushed or depresser by the movements of the wearer.

In order that'one size of frame may be adapted to necks of different sizes I may rovide the frame with a device whereby its ength may be regulated. Thus as sented in Fig. 1, I may form one or verted V-shape loops or extensions length of theencircling member.

verted V may then more in- Thisinbe closed up or opened out as required and the length or diameter of the loop thereby varied. Similarly I may form one or more of these V bends c in each of the vertical arms so that the length of these may be altered in a like manner to suit collars of different heights, (see 'Fig. 4-

Fi 3 shows a second frame member e are. el to the first a, and these frame memers may be connected by distance pieces f if so desired. The'second member e may be arranged at the top of the arms 0 or at any intermediate point in the height thereof and it is bound, tied or connected to the arms in any suitable way if preferred. The

with hooks reprea in the,

- I member e may embrace the neck to the same hooked or extent as the first member it may be dis ensed with between some of the arms, as s ownin F i 3. In this figure the distance pieces f are a orded by the lower art of the arms 0 but the pieces f may if preerred be distinct from the arms 0.

Where wire is used it may be cased with cotton, silk or other covering and the latter ma even serve to secure the supports for the co ar upon the vertical arms.

his improved collar support may be otherwise attached to the top of the blouse or other garment if so desired. It is intended, however, to be merely fastened about the neck of the wearer and the collar of the blouse to be then hooked to the arms 0. The hooks d ma be engaged with either the laoework of the collar itself or with loops secured upon the latter.

- One of these sup orts will servethe wearer for any one o a number of blouses and since the su ort is not permanently attached to the co ar, the blouse may be folded and packed away without inconvenience.

Having thus described my invention what I claim as such and desire to secure by Letters Patent is l. A support for. the collars of blouses and '(e garments, said support comprising a member which is adapted to be fastened about the neck of the wearer independently of the blouse or collar, and said support pro- Vided with upwardly presented substantially hook-shaped devices for detachably engaging and holding up a collar applied to such support.

'2. A support for the collars of blouses and like garments, comprising a frame member adapted to embrace the neck of the wearer, a fastening device for the ends of said frame member, u right arms secured upon said frame meni er and upwardly presented substantially hook-shaped devices fitted to said arms whereby the collar may be detachably secured to said support.

3. A support for the collars of blouses and like garments, comprising a frame member, interengaging connections at the ends of said frame member, upri ht arms secured upon said member and hoo is upon said arms adapted to hold said collar in a detachable manner.

4. A collar-support comprising a frame member adapted to embrace the neck of the wearer, arms mounted on said frame member and e'irtending upwardly thereof, connections upeh said arms to engage and hold sai'l ola or alternatively.

lar in a detachable manner, means for ad justing the length of said frame member, and a wrapping of binding material for said frame and said arms.

- 5. A support for the collars of blouscs'and like garments, comprising a frame member adapted to encircle the neck of the wearer, inter-engaging connections at the facin" ends of said frame member, arms arranger upon said member, connections upon said arms adapted to hold said collar in a detachable manner and an inverted V-extcnsion in the length of the frame member.

6. A support for the collars of blouses and like garments, comprising a frame member adapted to encircle the neck of the wearer, inter-engaging connections at the meeting ends of sald frame member, arms arranged upon said member, connections upon said arms adapted to engage and hold said collar in a detachable manner and a V-shapcd loop or extension in the length of said members.

7. A support for the collars of blouses and like garments, comprising a frame member adapted to encircle the neck of the wearer, inter-engaging connections at the meeting ends of said frame member, arms arranged upon said member, connections upon said arms to 'engage and hold said collar, and a covering for said frame and arms.

8. A support for the collars of blouses and like garments, comprising a member adapted to encircle the neck of the wearer and having inter-engaging connections at the meeting ends of said member, a second member above and parallel to said first member, distance pieces between and secured to said parallel members, and connections carried y said upper member to engage and hold said collar in a'detachable manner.

9. A support for the collars of blouses and like garments, comprising a member adapted to encircle the neck of the wearer and having inter-engaging connections at the meeting ends of said member, upright arms arranged upon said mem ber, said arms hav ing connections to engage and hold said collar in a detachable manner, and a second member parallel to said first member and secured to said arms intermediate of their len th.

n witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two'witnesses.

ETHEL CHRISTIE. Witnesses:

I. HAwKEs. REED, 'Vio'ron F. FEENY. 

